From political opportunist to populist demagogue: How Netanyahu changed after October 7 | Opinion

Not long ago Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu positioned himself as a responsible moderate within the landscape of Israel's right. Others saw him in the same light: the former management consultant in a crisp Brioni suit in a room filled with rumpled shirtsleeves and unkempt beards. Today, he heads a radical, right-wing, religious coalition that empowers the country's most extreme political forces and is leading Israel into a diplomatic, military and moral abyss.

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